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<emphasis id="6D777B2F825DDDBB96844D23FB424680" italics="true" pageNumber="1379">Melomys paveli</emphasis>
Helgen 2003
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<emphasis id="2E03911B5C6AE37E5C1468D009DC2BBF" italics="true" pageNumber="1379">Melomys paveli</emphasis>
Helgen 2003
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,
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.
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<emphasis id="190156F3CA3040004A2C586B029A2E15" inLineHeading="true" pageNumber="1379">Type Locality:</emphasis>
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, coast of S Pulau Seram, Piliana,
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(see
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Helgen, 2003
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, for coordinates and additional information)
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.
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<emphasis id="1EB7F5EED85C69499E1E745710CA68F5" inLineHeading="true" pageNumber="1379">Vernacular Names:</emphasis>
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.
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<emphasis id="B9801B4712AA257421856E68C7AA17EC" inLineHeading="true" pageNumber="1379">Distribution:</emphasis>
Known only from the type locality.
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Represented only by the
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. Member of the
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<emphasis id="CB7208BADA522E267940CC5C6F8B5B24" italics="true" pageNumber="1379">M. rufescens</emphasis>
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group as defined by
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and originally described as a subspecies of
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<emphasis id="DE11E99A427C7850FEEA4C6DB99C91B1" italics="true" pageNumber="1379">M. rufescens</emphasis>
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that in body size and pelage coloration is most similar to
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<emphasis id="BA273DD8172659E2DE25595EF42A58FE" italics="true" pageNumber="1379">M. r. niviventer</emphasis>
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occurring in forest and savannas of the lower Fly and Digul Rivers in S New
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(see
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, and
<bibRefCitation id="0A0A6A536F88514D72319AF463C102FB" author="Tate, G. H. H." refId="ref347722" refString="Tate, G. H. H. 1951. Results of the Archbold Expeditions. No. 65. The rodents of Australia and New Guinea. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History, 97: 183 - 430." year="1951">Tate, 1951</bibRefCitation>
for characteristics of
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<emphasis id="CCC5C2A3649BE4B7381EB32186A22102" italics="true" pageNumber="1379">niviventer</emphasis>
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). A better hypothesis recognizes
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<emphasis id="DCB0C37753ECA2E2F6D6C1C54D021E0D" italics="true" pageNumber="1379">paveli</emphasis>
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as a species related to
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<emphasis id="DC0F21826F3287BEB168387EA3719E2A" italics="true" pageNumber="1379">M. rufescens</emphasis>
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,
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<emphasis id="C6D7642EEA1BF1F10877A0254AE79F0A" italics="true" pageNumber="1379">M. bougainville</emphasis>
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, and
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<emphasis id="19D207347BDE61EAB1B79A2B2424C5A5" italics="true" pageNumber="1379">M. matambuai</emphasis>
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(see those accounts), for
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Helgen (2003
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:169)
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noted that
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<emphasis id="B6FAEE84AD39973CD7A124AF161F59BD" italics="true" pageNumber="1379">paveli</emphasis>
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&quot;differs in several ways from other mosaic-tailed rats placed in
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<emphasis id="B1C9DC1DAD75F2C259E0ACC96C3CF14C" italics="true" pageNumber="1379">M. rufescens</emphasis>
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and can probably be considered as distinctive as
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<emphasis id="24F0CFC6692D71D158E2B1D2B09F64D0" italics="true" pageNumber="1379">M. matambuai</emphasis>
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or
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<emphasis id="12CC5677A25FA494FEE0AF5157F1B51F" italics="true" pageNumber="1379">M. bougainville</emphasis>
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, both of which are currently separated from
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<emphasis id="A2C3D31012AE7A0A69E748BA16F7D669" italics="true" pageNumber="1379">M. rufescens</emphasis>
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as distinct species.&quot; Analyses of additional specimens of
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<emphasis id="B47777D95BE07029788EC5CCA9F42B6E" italics="true" pageNumber="1379">paveli</emphasis>
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using morphological traits and gene sequences may resolve the question of whether the resemblance between it and
<taxonomicName id="4CE4C98EC05B6CC53C19EBBD5F1BF0EE" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Melomys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="subSpecies" species="niviventer" subSpecies="niviventer">
<emphasis id="B31C35DBE3D5314AD65834B45D6DD82C" italics="true" pageNumber="1379">M. r. niviventer</emphasis>
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reflects close genetic alliance as an island population of
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<emphasis id="7F0FF3BF1D56C18E2CEDB43F4DD04063" italics="true" pageNumber="1379">M. rufescens</emphasis>
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or traits independently acquired during evolution in insular isolation.
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